Definition of pillar

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Pillar (n.) The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not supporting a superstructure, as one erected for a monument or an ornament..

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Sanguiferous :: Sanguiferous (a.) Conveying blood; as, sanguiferous vessels, i. e., the arteries, veins, capillaries..
Capillarity :: Capillarity (n.) The peculiar action by which the surface of a liquid, where it is in contact with a solid (as in a capillary tube), is elevated or depressed; capillary attraction..
Lamp-post :: Lamp-post (n.) A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, etc..
Telangiectasis :: Telangiectasis (n.) Dilatation of the capillary vessels.
Erucifrom :: Erucifrom (a.) Having the form of a caterpillar; -- said of insect larvae.
Wicket :: Wicket (n.) The space between the pillars, in postand-stall working..
Pillar :: Pillar (n.) The center of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns..
Eruca :: Eruca (n.) An insect in the larval state; a caterpillar; a larva.
Pupillary :: Pupillary (a.) Of or pertaining to a pupil or ward.
Pillarist :: Pillarist (n.) See Stylite.
Impost :: Impost (n.) The top member of a pillar, pier, wall, etc., upon which the weight of an arch rests..
Capillarity :: Capillarity (n.) The quality or condition of being capillary.
Obelisk :: Obelisk (n.) An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It is ordinarily monolithic. Egyptian obelisks are commonly covered with hieroglyphic writing from top to bottom..
Columella :: Columella (n.) The upright pillar in the axis of most univalve shells.
Pillared :: Pillared (a.) Supported or ornamented by pillars; resembling a pillar, or pillars..
Capillary :: Capillary (n.) A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute..
Terminus :: Terminus (n.) The Roman divinity who presided over boundaries, whose statue was properly a short pillar terminating in the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the like, but often merely a post or stone stuck in the ground on a boundary line..
Slugworm :: Slugworm (n.) Any caterpillar which has the general appearance of a slug, as do those of certain moths belonging to Limacodes and allied genera, and those of certain sawflies..
Caterpillar :: Caterpillar (n.) The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the sawflies, which are also called false caterpillars. The true caterpillars have three pairs of true legs, and several pairs of abdominal fleshy legs (prolegs) armed with hooks. Some are hairy, others naked. They usually feed on leaves, fruit, and succulent vegetables, being often very destructive, Many of them are popularly called worms, as the cutw
Stalled :: Stall (v. i.) The space left by excavation between pillars. See Post and stall, under Post..
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